Looking for feedback/advice on Lion/DP compatibility

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RenaissanceMan
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Looking for feedback/advice on Lion/DP compatibility

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Hey everyone-

Just replaced my last MacBook Pro with a new quad-core version that came with Lion installed already. Unfortunately, none of my music programs are currently compatible. I'm a former long-time user of DP, but haven't used it since Version 5. I had been doing some research and saw that 7.24 is Lion-compatible, so I am thinking about upgrading to DP7. I'd love to hear from those of you using DP in Lion on whether you're having great success or not. FWIW, my only audio interfaces right now are an M-Audio Firewire 410 and an old MOTU 2408 MKII... Regardless of which direction I go, it's going to cost me some money to get up and running with this machine, but I'd love as few surprises as possible. :) Thanks in advance for any advice or feedback you can share!!!
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Re: Looking for feedback/advice on Lion/DP compatibility

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Hey!

I'm running Lion on my Mac Pro.
Biggest issue I have so far is that the MOTU Audio Setup crashes on startup occasionally so an additional restart is necessary. Other than that my 828mk3 works great in Lion. Haven't tried my PCI based interfaces yet though. But I guess that's not quite an option for you anyway as your on a MacBook Pro (unless you get some of those PCI-Thunderbolt things)
DP 7.24 seems to be working fine. Haven't pushed it too hard yet. Some minor issues but nothing big so far.
If you use DP the upgrade from 5 to 7 is gonna be worth it no matter what. It's so much better!
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Re: Looking for feedback/advice on Lion/DP compatibility

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Thanks for your reply, FutureLegends! Good to hear that is seems to be running well for you. I'm also planning on getting a new audio interface... How do you like the 828mkIII?
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